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U.S. using Kurds to steal Syria’s oil

August 4, 2020 By Steve Sweeney

The move, which has been portrayed as a necessity by Kurdish officials, has been widely criticized as evidence of support for the U.S. regime-change agenda in Syria.

As fall semester approaches, students fret about their institution’s safety

August 4, 2020 By C.H.

NEWMARKET, N.H. — Students across the nation are preparing for the most turbulent semester of their lives. Post-secondary school administrators have started rolling out their strategies to combat the surge of COVID-19 cases and prevent a...

Tsunami of evictions underway as moratoriums end

August 4, 2020 By Regina Garcia Cano And Michael Casey

The nation faces the potential of being plunged into the greatest homelessness crisis in history with the federal government this far poised to do nothing about it.

Colorado takes a giant step toward police reform

August 3, 2020 By John Bachtell

The measure is part of a broad police accountability and reform legislation restricting the use of force by officers and banning chokeholds, signed into law by Governor Jared Polis (D) on June 19.

Oregon hospital workers lose their union over one smudged ballot

August 3, 2020 By Don McIntosh

PORTLAND, Ore.--Back in February 2019, we reported on a razor-thin union election in which over 800 hospital support workers at Providence Portland Medical Center won a union by just one vote. Now we have to update...